I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

Our new puppy is imminent. We’ve had conflicting advice on the first night - do we leave them alone and let them whine it out in their crate or sleep next to them and comfort them? I know what feels right, but any practical advice?

I'll share our experience with Otto. We thought we'd have a choice on the matter too. We tried him in his crate in a different room on the first night and he just cried and cried. That same night we put him in a box next to the bed and he still cried . The poor guy was crying for his Mum. In the end we put him back in his crate and ended up taking him outside for a piss every single hour during the night for at least a week. It was brutal. Probably took about three weeks before he was sleeping through the night.

Apparently puppy crynig sounds actuate the same part of the brain as human baby crying sounds. There is no ignoring it. Not even with earplugs :D

Unless your house is big enough to not hear them, the pup will wake you up regularly whichever method you choose. Our theory was we might as well go through the extra pain of having him in a separate room and not risk making Otto needy for human company. No idea if our logic checks out but it feels like we didn't make a wrong decision

my experience: pup was v small (1.2kg) so we had a cat carrier as well as a crate.
Initially he was in the cat carrier in our room, if he whined in the night we took him out for a piss.
Then we started leaving him on the landing, outside our room.
The plan was to keep increasing the distance until he was in his crate in the living room downstairs.

However, he broke his leg and ended up spending a night in the vets for the observations after the surgery, so we took that opportunity to just transfer to crate permanently.
We keep the bedroom door open to hear him, occasionally he may bark in the night to be let out for some business, but 95% of the time he sleeps through. (currently he has been going through some gastric distress so we keep a keen ear out)

We got a puppy a month ago. Getting them comfortable being in the crate from day 1 is really useful. We only get crying if we put her in there when she's fully awake then walk away, so in the evening we let her doze on the sofa first then pick her up and put her in the crate when we are going to bed. Even if she wakes up from being moved it seems to work.

We wake up every 3 hours to take her out for a wee, once we slept through the alarm and she woke and a cried to be let out.

When it comes to letting them cry it out I'm not sure. Advice online mostly says to not teach them that crying gets your attention, but you don't want to give them separation anxiety. You also want to be confident its not just because they need the loo. When it's happened for us we've waited 5 or 10 mins and if it hasn't stopped we go and comfort her. The Zak George YouTube videos are good.

We crated Comet from day one. We were told to cover the crate with a blanket to make them feel safer and put a ticking clock on top (reminds them of mum's heartbeat and soothes them). It worked for us as he slept through from the start and has never cried. Of course, he sleeps in our room now...